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To: unclewest who wrote (136162)	9/1/2005 1:03:34 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Respond to of 793916

i'm hearing that stranded people are without food and water, why isn't the national guard doing 'food drops' ....if helicopters can drop sand bags, why aren't they able to set pallets of MRE's and potable water on the on the ground? (i see stretches of dry highway on the tapes i'm watching)

To: unclewest who wrote (136162)	9/1/2005 1:26:12 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793916

That takes a bit of time. I, like all of you, are flipping back and forth between FOX and CNN. The CNN people are hysterical at the moment. And they are inciting to riot. Showing people setting on the street in NO and getting them to scream at the camera is not a good way to handle this.

To: unclewest who wrote (136162)	9/1/2005 1:35:42 PM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 793916

The US Forest Service has an incident command structure that draws organized teams from the ranks when needed, usually for fire situations. Does anybody know if they have been mobilized to New Orleans?

To: unclewest who wrote (136162)	9/1/2005 3:03:41 PM
From: frankw1900	Respond to of 793916

From looking at various news feeds, I'd say the biggest requirement, really short term, is communication to the victims. I should think an airdrop of radios and batteries at places like Superdome and various highway interchanges would be terrificly reassuring to folk there. As it stands right now, they have no idea whether help will arrive this afternoon or Sunday or never.... Help may be just a couple of miles or hours away but for a lot of folk it might as well be the moon it's coming from.

To: unclewest who wrote (136162)	9/1/2005 3:06:09 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793916

Delta Force dropped into NO. freerepublic.com

To: unclewest who wrote (136162)	9/1/2005 7:08:51 PM
From: Captain Jack	Respond to of 793916

28,000-- I heard 17000,, 5K is hard to miss,, will let my guy know he is behind,,